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Originally Posted by 767Jockey
Roger,
Why "If you're not going racing"? I guess that's what I don't get. Obviously I'm missing something. Is it just the cost and availability of parts? Maybe I'm looking at it wrong. I can go out and get a set of extreme Windsor heads for "X" amount of dollars. At the end of the day I can get heads of equal or less cost mid level heads for the Cleveland, and they'll flow as much and probably more than the Windsor heads. Given that any engine is a glorified air pump, with more air in and more air out equaling more power, I doubt that without spending exorbitant amounts of money you'll find Windsor heads that will flow even what a mid level set of Cleveland heads will flow. I'm not trying to belabor the point here. I just can't see Windsors putting out what an equally prepped Cleveland can. What am I missing?
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The 351 Cleveland is not a race motor. It is a great motor but if you are going to do significant racing where you are at high revs for extended periods you will run into trouble. I used to own a race prepared Pantera that had a 351 Cleveland. It was a wonderful motor for track performance but really needed a very large
oil pan in order to sustain extended periods on the track. What you will run into is that with sustained periods of high RPMs you will starve the bottom half of the motor and throw a rod through the block. Bottom line, great motor, great power potential, not meant for road racing.
By the way, for a 427 Cobra the obvious choice might be this engine called the Ford 427 Side Oiler.
